TCT Awards | Hall Of Fame Inductees

The TCT Hall of Fame celebrates those members of the additive manufacturing community who have made a positive, significant and long-term impact on the industry. The TCT Awards judging panel took part in a rigorous three stage nomination process resulting in the induction of these three individuals, who have each formed cornerstones of the industry and whose innovations will have a long lasting impact for many years to come.

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE HALL OF FAME 2024 INDUCTEES ARE:

2024 INDUCTEE

ANDY CHRISTENSEN

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS SPECIALIST AND ADVISOR

Andy Christensen has spent his entire career focused on developing and expanding the medical applications of 3D printing and additive manufacturing. Having been introduced to SLA 3D printing in the mid 90s, Andy founded Medical Modeling in 2000, leading the Colorado-based service bureau to become a world-leading medical device company.

With 3D printing, Medical Modeling developed entirely new toolsets in the areas of patient-specific anatomic modeling, virtual surgical planning, personalized surgical guides and personalized implants, including the very first FDA-cleared, 3D printed titanium implants. During his tenure, Andy and his team contributed to the care of more than 70,000 patients, including more than two dozen sets of conjoined twins.

In 2014 Medical Modeling was acquired by 3D Systems, and Andy went on to aid the creation of a new business vertical for the company in the healthcare sector. Today, Andy is President of his consulting company, Fingerprint Additive, focusing on strategic guidance in the healthcare and 3D printing fields.

See Andy's acceptance speech at the TCT Awards ceremony 2024!

2024 INDUCTEE

MAX LOBOVSKY

FOUNDER OF FORMLABS

Max Lobovsky is co-founder and CEO of Formlabs. Founded in 2011, Formlabs pioneered a new category of professional desktop 3D printing when it launched the world’s first affordable, powerful desktop stereolithography 3D printer. After a finding success with a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign, the company went on develop and commercialise a range of industrial focused desktop solutions based on stereolithography and selective laser sintering technologies.

Formlabs printers are now used by some of the world’s leading companies like Ford, New Balance and Google. Prior to starting the company, Lobovsky led the efforts at Fab@Home, one of the industry’s earliest open-source 3D printing projects which has been instrumental in setting up labs in schools worldwide. A Forbes’ 30 Under 30 recipient and World Economic Forum Pioneer, Lobovsky holds a B.S. in Applied Engineering and Physics from Cornell University and a M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT.

See Max's acceptance speech at the TCT Awards ceremony 2024!

2024 INDUCTEE

MELISSA ORME

AM RESEARCHER AND APPLICATION SPECIALIST

Melissa Orme is a renowned additive manufacturing innovator and leader. Her seminal work spans three decades and has resulted in 15 US patents. Melissa’s career began in academia where she rose to Full Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California Irvine. There she established globally recognized research laboratories and developed methods for controlled electrostatically charged and deflected molten metal droplet deposition for precision manufacturing.

Melissa went on to hold senior leadership roles at start-up AM companies, before becoming Vice President of Boeing Additive Manufacturing for The Boeing Company.  Here she sets the AM strategy for the entire business and oversees all AM activities including flight hardware, production aids and research models to increase efficiencies and accelerate new product development.  As an author and technical advisor, Melissa serves on several advisory and professional committees for additive manufacturing and aerospace.

See Melissa's acceptance speech at the TCT Awards ceremony 2024!

Congratulations to our new TCT Hall of Fame members for 2024!

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